EQD Comedy - Improv Comedy Group in Groningen, Netherlands

so, what is improv, really?

In improv, you call the shots! Improv is a comedy without a script, and instead we do scenes based on your suggestions. We may ask for an object, a relationship between two people or a location. Then we will make up a scene right there on the spot, just like that, with no time to prepare. Therefore, we'll have to be ready, quick with our wits, and - more importantly - have lots of fun doing it, because no two scenes are ever the same!

Every suggestion - even the seemingly mundane one - leads to many exciting possibilities. A location suggestion of a library led to an instigator inciting would-be terrorists to make a plastic bomb. An object suggestion of pillow led to a depressed ex-beauty pageant winner's futile attempts to commit suicide. There is no limit to what can happen!

improv games

One show is divided into many fast-paced improv games: 3-minute scenes, each with different rules. There are a whole lot of games, and every week we play different ones. For example:

Word at a time: from your suggestion of an object, we'll tell you a story with a moral value - but speaking in turn, and only one word for each person.
Quote notes: we get suggestions of movie quotes (e.g, "Luke, I'm your father") and we get to incorporate them into the scene - even though they may not make sense!
Director's chair : you get to pick your (non-existent) movie title, and we'll show you bit parts and highlights of that movie, complete with slow-motion, rewind, and the uncensored version.
Musical: it may look like a regular scene, but once in a while, someone has to burst into a full-blown musical, without preparation...
..and many more!